St. Marys River (Indiana and Ohio)
| Saint Marys River | |
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 The St. Marys River in Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
 Map of the Maumee River watershed showing the St. Marys River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Ohio, Indiana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of East Branch and Center Branch |
| • location | near St. Marys, Ohio |
| • coordinates | 40°32′14″N 84°21′46″W / 40.5372222°N 84.3627778°W |
| • elevation | 854 ft (260 m) |
| Mouth | confluence with the St. Joseph River to form the Maumee River |
• location | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
• coordinates | 41°05′00″N 85°07′56″W / 41.0833333°N 85.1322222°W |
• elevation | 745 ft (227 m) |
| Length | 99 miles (159 km) |
| Basin size | 793.1 square miles (2,054 km2)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | St. Marys River → Maumee River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → St Lawrence River → Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| GNIS ID | 442706 |
The St. Marys River (Shawnee: Kokothikithiipi,[2] in Miami-Illinois: Nameewa siipiiwi)[3] is a 99-mile-long (159 km)[4] tributary of the Maumee River (Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi) in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States.[5] Prior to development, it was part of the Great Black Swamp. Today, it drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.
It is formed in southern
St. Joseph River
(in Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) from the west to form the Maumee in downtown Fort Wayne.
The
St. Mary's River
was named after this river.
See also
- List of Indiana rivers
- List of rivers of Ohio
References
- Hydrologic Unit Code 04100004), viewed in The National Map, accessed 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Shawnees Webpage". Shawnee's Reservation. 1997. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- ^ "myaamiaatawaakani | Myaamia Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Marys River
External links
Media related to St. Marys River (Indiana and Ohio) at Wikimedia Commons
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